Walter Hoefig
Walter Hoefig (born January 18, 1889 in Hamburg , † May 27, 1918 in Nieder Neuendorf ) was a German aviation pioneer and as such one of the Old Eagles .
Walter Paul Carl Julius Hoefig was the son of the Hamburg customs officer George Paul Hoefig and Margarethe Hoefig, née Emmerich. On November 8, 1913 Walter Höfig received on a Condor biplane on the airfield Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen the German pilot Pat. No. 585. After the fatal accident at Theodor Schauenburg May 1917 flew Höfig as a pilot for the aircraft factory of AEG in Hennigsdorf . On May 27, 1918, Walter Hoefig fatally crashed in an AEG aircraft east of Nieder Neuendorf airfield near the train station.
Web links
- Klaus Euhausen: Aviation pioneer ("old eagle") Theodor Schauenburg and the AEG airfield Nieder Neuendorf. (PDF; 7 MB)
- Aviation Pioneers / Old Eagles (private website)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoefig, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aviation pioneer and an old eagle |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1918 |
| Place of death | Nieder Neuendorf |